Simon Blackburn can be seen as challenging those committed to sui generis moral facts to
explain the supervenience of the moral on the descriptive. We (like perhaps Derek Parfit) …

Simon Blackburn can be seen as challenging those committed to sui generis moral facts to
explain the supervenience of the moral on the descriptive. We (like perhaps Derek Parfit) …

It is commonly said that some standards, such as morality, are 'normatively authoritative'in a
way that other standards, such as etiquette, are not; standards like etiquette are said to be …

Abstract 'Normative powers' are capacities to create normative reasons by our willing or say-
so. They are significant, because if we have them and exercise them, then sometimes the …

There are a variety of phenomena that appear to be normative in one way or another, and
not always in the same way. This chapter explores what the author takes to be the most …

In this article I investigate several “sorts of naturalism” that have been advanced in recent
years as possible foundations for virtue ethics: those of Michael Thompson, Philippa Foot …

According to some, taking moral testimony is a potentially decent way to exercise one's
moral agency. According to others, it amounts to a failure to live up to minimal standards of …

This paper concerns non‐causal normative explanations such as 'This act is wrong
because/in virtue of__'(where the blank is often filled out in non‐normative terms, such as 'it …

It is commonly assumed that Aristotle's ethical theory shares deep structural similarities with
neo‐Aristotelian virtue ethics. I argue that this assumption is a mistake, and that Aristotle's …

Ethical concepts are, or purport to be, normative. They make claims on us: they command,
oblige, recommend, or guide. Or at least when we invoke them, we make claims on one …